322 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



fuscescent at the base: legs pale, with the apex oi \h.e posterior femora 

 brownish. 



Found near London and " Southend." — Mr. Waterhouse. 



Sp. 16. picina. JPicea nitida, antennis pedihusque fulvis, thorace suhtilissime 



■pundato, elytris striatis. (Long. corp. 1 — 1^ lin.) 

 Ch. picina. Marsham. — Ha. picina. Steph. Catal. 220. No. 2253. 



Shining piceous, with a brassy tinge : thorax very finely and thickly punctured, 

 with a depression at the base opposite the scutellum, and some larger punc- 

 tures towards the posterior angles : elytra regularly and rather deeply punctate- 

 striate: antennae and mouth fulvous : legs the same, with the posterior femora 

 piceous. 



Found in Suffolk and near London. " New Walk, York," — 

 W. C. Hewitson, Esq. " Weston."— i^ez;. A. H. Matthews. 



Genus CCCXCIX.— Mantura miU. 



Antennas short, rather stout, 1 1-jointed ; basal joint elongate, very robust, sub- 

 reniform; second short, subglobose; three following slender; the fifth being 

 longest; the remainder shorter and slender pilose 5 the terminal joint being 

 somewhat acuminated : Aeac? triangular : e?/e5 prominent : ^/joraa? short, trans- 

 verse, narrowed anteriorly, the base bisinuated, as broad as that of the elytra, 

 and bearing on each side an impressed line, placed more or less obliquely : 

 bodi/ convex, subcylindric, a little dilated towards the middle, with the apex 

 obtuse: legs slender, po^^mo'' with the jre??zora moderately incrassated; their 

 tibiw simple, truncate at the apex, and armed with a single minute spur : tarsi 

 short, stout, inserted at the apex of the tibise. 



This genus differs from its allies by having the antennae short, 

 with the basal joint very robust, and the thorax remarkably wide, 

 giving to the body the habit of a Cryptophagus or Typhsea; the 

 body is somewhat short, cylindric, oblong-ovate, convex ; the 

 posterior tarsi short, inserted in the apex of the tibise, which are 

 simple : — the species generally affect dry situations. 



Sp. 1. rustica. Atra, thorace Icevi, antennis pedibus elytrorumque apicibus tes- 



iaceis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Ch. rustica. Linnef—Ra,. rustica. Steph. Catal. 216. No. 2205. 



Slack, shining, convex, subcylindric : thorax smooth, very obsoletely punctured, 

 with a short impressed line on each side at the base: elytra rather faintly 

 ■pvmcta.te-striate, the apex T^iceo-testaceous : legs testaceous, with the posterior 

 femora dusky : antennae piceous. 



